Surname Saturday - FOLLANSBEE (England > colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor  #731, who is Rebecca Follansbee (1658-1711) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this FOLLANSBEE family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1806-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

90.  Simon Wade (1767-1857)
91.  Phebe Horton (1772-????)

182.  Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819)
183.  Sarah Pray (1734-1819)

364.  John Horton (1696-1796)
365.  Mary Chase (1695-1735)

730.  Thomas Chase, born 25 July 1654 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 25 February 1734 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1460. Aquila Chase and 1461. Ann Wheeler.  He married 22 November 1677 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
731.  Rebecca Follansbee, born about 1658 in probably Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States; died 27 December 1711 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Chase and Rebecca Follansbee are:
*  Thomas Chase (1680-1756), married 1699 Sarah Stevens (1679-1760).
*  Jonathan Chase (1683-1756), married 1702 Joana Palmer.
*  James Chase (1685-1753), married 1707 Martha Rolfe.
*  Aquila Chase (1688-1714), married 1712 Mary Smith (1692-????)
*  Ruth Chase (1691-1758), married 1716 Nathaniel Miller.
*  Mary Chase (1695-1732), married 1719 John Horton (1696-1796)
*  Josiah Chase (1697-1723), married 1718 Sarah Porter.
*  Rebecca Chase (1700-1769), married 1721 Stephen Moulton (1696-1786).
*  Nathan Chase (1702-1784), married 1723 Judeth Sawyer.
*  Judith Chase (1704-1784), married 1722 David Horton (1701-????).

1462.  Thomas Follansbee, born about 1637 in England; died about 1726 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1658 in probably Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
1463.  Mary, born about 1639.

The children of Thomas Follansbee and Mary are:
*  Rebecca Follansbee (1658-1711), married 1677 Thomas Chase (1654-1734)
*  Anne Follansbee (1665-1708), married 1684 Moses Chase (1663-1743).
*  Mary Follansbee (1667-1736), married (1) 1686 Robert Pike; (2) 1691 William Hook.
*  Thomas Follansbee (1670-1755), married (1) 1694 Abigail bond (1660-1734); (2) 1735 Mary Webster.

Information about the Thomas Follansbee family was obtained from Massachusetts town vital record books and several authored works and websites.

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